'Mom, these bad men have me': She believes scammers cloned her daughter's voice in a fake kidnapping | CNN
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Jennifer DeStefano's phone rang in January with a terrifying call from her sobbing 15-year-old daughter, saying she'd been kidnapped. But as a relieved DeStefano soon learned, her daughter was safe and the call was a scam.

“A reasonably good clone can be created with under a minute of audio and some are claiming that even a few seconds may be enough.” Mom wary about answering calls for fear voice will be cloned for future virtual kidnapping.

  • proleEnglish
    8•2 years ago

    Ohh, well that totally makes all this worthwhile then.

    • Flying SquidEnglish
      9•2 years ago

      Sorry, I wasn’t trying to suggest that at all. I think it’s appalling.